http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/ Each August, as students start to arrive, Beloit College releases the Beloit College Mindset List, which offers a world view of today's entering college students. Zillman.us

http://tinyurl.com/cm8gw The My Book Your Book website does not go live until Monday evening, but has already received 750 applications. All of its "founder members" will be able to access thousands of paperback novels - provided they donate 10 books each to the co-operative scheme. LISNews

http://www.ala-apa.org/certification/cplarfp.html This certification, the first of its kind to be offered in the United States, is a course and evaluation-based national, portable program specifically for public librarians who have had at least three years of supervisory experience. The program incorporates nine standards that will allow candidates to demonstrate mastery of the breadth of skills necessary for library and human resource management. LISNews

http://tinyurl.com/bvz5p The New York State Consumer Protection Board (“CPB”) is warning consumers that a fast-selling book by Kevin Trudeau does not contain the “natural cures” for cancer and other diseases that Trudeau is promising in a nationwide television ad campaign. LISNews

Sunday, August 21, 2005

http://tinyurl.com/e23ym Readers craving Homer, Baudelaire or Lewis Carroll in the middle of the night can get a quick fix at one of the French capital's five newly installed book vending machines. It's all good

http://tinyurl.com/d9zhh The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), released a recommended reading list for Harry Potter fans. Virtual Chase

http://webgarden.osu.edu/ "A deep illustrated plant dictionary, with 1,200 entries, and a downloadable plant database. Botany enthusiasts will appreciate the PlantFacts database, which searches for content from over 46 university and government sources." Scout Report

http://www.mapyourancestors.com/request.php The focus of this web site is to provide a tool for you to present your family history n a visual and exciting format that will enable you to bring genealogy "to life" for your children and friends. ResearchBuzz

Monday, August 15, 2005

http://tinyurl.com/9lxyj "So now, any and all copyright holders – both Google Print partners and non-partners – can tell us which books they’d prefer that we not scan if we find them in a library. To allow plenty of time to review these new options, we won’t scan any in-copyright books from now until this November." Google Blog

http://www.rulers.org/ This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Zillman.us

http://nationalmap.gov/ The National Map is a consistent framework for geographic knowledge needed by the Nation. It provides public access to high-quality, geospatial data and information. ResourceShelf

http://www.hardy-boys.com The teen sleuths were children of Edward Stratemeyer, a man who owned many children's series of the day - from Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys to The Moving Picture Boys and Baseball Joe. Stratemeyer created the series name, characters, and story ideas, then hired "ghostwriters" through his Stratemeyer Syndicate. Scout Report

http://www.readerprivacy.org/news.jsp Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers and writers today warned that final action on the re-authorization of the PATRIOT Act could come only days after Congress returns from its August recess and urged their members to continue to pressure their representatives in the House and Senate to restore the safeguards for the privacy of bookstore and library records. LJ

http://tinyurl.com/ddzjj Minutes before adjourning for its month-long recess July 29, the Senate unanimously passed a USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill (S. 1389) that would make permanent 14 of the 16 provisions set to expire at the end of the year, extend Sections 215 and 206 through 2009, and provide stricter standards for seeking library and bookstore records, the New York Times reported July 30. AL Online